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vol vii no 5 a m saturday december 26 1908 14 pages price one cent b Â« u " r ! a ** carrier 1 1 30 centa per month beef rebates on c b & q suspected by sims ' name of road involved m grand jury investigation bf morris & co revealed only these 2 under fire all western lines and all packers were placed un der searchlight government holds books hinks road carried fresh meat as salted says darius miller nature and scope of the â€¢ i charges upon which the gov ernment is proceeding against morris & co the big stock yards packing corporation was made known esterday by darius miller first vice resident of the Chicago burlington quincy railroad it becomes apparent that after ight months of secret service investi gation of the relations between all the big packers and many of the roads running west of Chicago the sifting process has left only the morris com pany and the burlington railroad the question of an illegal combina tion of packers is not involved the government appears to suspect that the burlington paid illegal re bates to morris & c 0 said mr iller this suspicion does us a tave injustice asked to furnish records i draw this conclusion from the fact at we were asked to furnish the gov nment and did so all our records dealing ith shipments for morris from st joseph nd kansas city to Chicago and all records rebates paid to this company mean gitimate rebates such as overcharges mounts for damages leakage and break ge and delays two months ago secret service agents sited us and without letting us know he purpose of the investigation asked nd procured access to all our books othing was said until a few days ago ben we were called upon for the bills of ing m the morris shipments from nid estern points that i speak of and the re eipts for credits transferred to morris & the same sort of investigation was made to the books of the wabash the santa c and the Chicago milwaukee & st paul oads as far as i know these roads have ot been asked to lend the government ny papers so i imagine that nothing was ound there justifying grand jury inquiry cannot understand what they could have ound m our books either to show the eed of further investigation as this road as never violated to the breadth of a penny's worth the spirit or letter of the hepburn anti-rebating act question of false billing the specific suspicion is that through collusion with the railroad the pac.ing ompany has shipped large quantities of fresh meats by the carload billed as salted meats the difference m the tariffs is 15 cents the hundredweight the cost of shipping fresh meats from kansas city st joseph and omaha to Chicago is 45 cents per hundred pounds the rate on salt meats is 30 cents the difference is occasioned by the different processes of icing the prepared and fresh product the government stands on the proposi tion that if such abuse of the interstate commerce laws has been practiced it could not have existed without the guilty aid and knowledge of the railroad com pany the railroads are compelled to maintain inspectors to guard against just such vio lations the methods of billing and rout ig cars are widely different cars of fresh eats stop much more frequently for icing lie cars m which fresh meats are trans ported are constructed along lines so wide ly different from the cars used for shipping the salted cuts that the railroad men could not be deceived the authorities say investigation was widespread the government has investigated charges ef such collusion between all the packing houses and all the railroads running to and from Chicago and the main subsidiaify packing points sioux city fort worth and the cities previously mentioned thus far no ground appears to lie for presentation of evidence against any of the ottier packers nor the wabash santa fe and Chicago milwaukee & st paul rail roads all of which were subjects of in quiry it is more than two months since the se cret service men accompanied by expert mme lillian nordica heroine of fire in car mme nordiea risks life but loses turkey as private car blazes diva's christmas dinner spoiled by fire m kitchen saves jewels and furs but mourns fowl los angeles dec 25 mme nordlca's christmas turkey was reposing m its pan turning from its cadaverous pale yellow to a beautiful chalky brown the sweet potatoes the corn pones the spinach a l'anglaise were quietly simmering and madame was anticipating a christmas dinner which would be a rippling cadenza of notes to the cuisine this was all happening m madame's private car the pilgrim which was parked at the arcade depot this after noon the guests of the dinner were to be madame's sisters mrs g a walker and mrs e castillo with the personal rep resentative of madame w f chauncey of a sudden the serenity of anticipation was disturbed and then shattered there were cries of fire smoke began to pour into the drawing room the cook rushed from the kitchen the turkey cranberries sweet potatoes and pones were left to their destruction and a very pretty little conflagration and panic ensued but not with madame nordica she first thought of the turkey and tried to save it but was restrained at the danger point where the flames were knawing into the car roof and walls tien she thought of her jewels there was much excitement much hard work much courage shown by madame and her suite and when it was all over the jewels sables all and every item m the car were saved save the turkey and its accompaniments the party dined m a hotel will copy university of chicago's buildings new boston college to be modeled after local structures boston mass dec 25 the new bos ton college to be erected near the chest nut hill reservoir m newton will cost at least a million dollars and probably will be modeled after the university of Chicago which made such a favorable impression upon president thomas i gas son during his recent visit there for the harmony and uniformity of structure i hope to make the new boston col lege the representative catholic institu tion of america and i desire the same unity of idea embodied m the plan of the buildings and the land at Chicago says father gasson black hand demands 1,500 for christmas letter threatening death follows two shots through window vito lantillo 187 gault court received a black hand letter yesterday demanding 1,500 as a christmas present this letter which is the fourth he has received gives him until sunday to pay the money and threatens the lives of his family if he re fuses to pay lantillo says it is impossible for him to get the money wednesday night an unknown person fired two shots through the kitchen window while the family was away yesterday's letter read we missed you last time but the next time we will hit some one an officer has been detailed to guard the residence sugar king claus spreckels is dying end of pacific coast millionaire mo mentarily expected sax francisco dee 25 â€” claus spreckels the pacific coast sugar king and millionaire is dangerously ill and may die at any moment admiral dewey ill washington d c dec 25 george dewey admiral of the united states navy who will be seventy-one to-morrow is suffering from an indisposition at his home here which has resulted from a cold and an attack of sciatica u s marshal killed by striking miners eleven men shot when ken tucky officers attempt to serve injunction burn houses and mines troops held m readiness it federal judge's orders are not obeyed frankfort ky dec 25 deputy united states marshal mooslngall was killled and five members of his posse and six miners were seriously wounded m a riot this afternoon between the marshals and the miners at the r l steams cora pany mining camp a short distance from somerset the big hotel at steams in which the federal officers had taken refuge is burned and the mines of the company are m danger of being destroyed it is re ported that some of the cottages ln which the miners found shelter are burning the trouble started when the marshals tried to serve an injunction on thirty min ers to prevent them from interfering with a number of the employes of the mines the miuers have been ou strike at steams for some time federal judge cochran of maysville had granted an injunction to pre vent the striking miners from interfering with the other employes but they barri caded themselves when the officers ap peared with the papers troops m readiness , governor avlllson had ordered captain waddell of somerset the head of the com pany of militia m that city to hold his troops m readiness it is believed that judge cochran will demand that the united states regular troops be sent from fort thomas to see that his papers are served this is the most serious outbreak that has occurred m that section of the coun try m years it is equal if the reports are true to any raids of the night riders m the tobacco district and even worse than the raid at hopkinsvllle governor willson said that he would afford the company all the protection he could i am going to do everything i can to put down lawlessness wherever it comes up and if necessary i will send the troops down to whfttey county as soon as they can get there he said i have no mo tive whatever m this except to see that the law is obeyed the flrst information i received of the trouble was to-night when captain waddell called me up the steams mines are practically owned by a detroit syndicate 300,000 residence is gift to mrs keppel woman admired by edward vii to live near palaces london dec 25 according to the story circulated m the very smart circle of london society mrs george keppel was the recipient of a magnificent christmas present m the shape of a lease of no 2 carlton house terrace from an anonymous donor of whose identity however nobody appears to have a doubt this fortunate lady so immensely admired by king ed ward got word of her good luck only christmas eve when she was actually dis cussing plans for enlarging her portman square residence the gift represents at least 300,000 the house is near bucking ham and st james palaces as well as marlborough house hard by bryan made ade stop travel letters playwright tells londoners he was funny enough special cable to the examiner london dec 25 george ade bas be gun his tour of the world by going to the theaters nightly with orson wells of chi cago ade has not as yet visited west minster abbey and many other noteworthy places here but night before last he wit nessed a presentation of the mikado at the savoy theater he ajmired the play even if it is not as venerable as the abbey he said i am not arranging for the production of my plays m london and i shall not write anything about my trip the last time that i toured europe i wrote travel letters but bryan happened to be doing the same thing on his trip and at the same time and the americans found bis letters more amusing so i quit church of epiphany calls toledo pastor dr l mcdonough says Chicago offer is best christmas gift toledo 0 dec 25 the rev l mc donough pastor of st mark's episcopal church of thi3 city received as a christ mas present to-day a call to the church of the epiphany of Chicago to succeed the rev john henry hopkins d d dr mcÃŸfonough stated to-night that he would go to Chicago the flrst of next week to consider the change it is almost certain he will accept as he terms the call a dis tinct proipotion the rev mr mcdonough came to toledo ten years ago from canada to take charge of st mark's parish which at that time was the smallest m the city it ls now second m the city manitoba cuts phone rates fifty per cent toronto out dec jo the manitoba government has cut telephone rates 50 per cent the government owns the system wilshire tries to talk socialism at play but is silenced by crowd sit down cries the battle au dience when writer starts be tween-acts discussion new tore dec s gaylord wilshire well-known advocate of socialism and own er of wii shire's magazine startled au au dience of 1,200 persons m the savoy thea ter to-night by leaping to his feet at the end of the third act of the battle and saying ladies and gentlemen i would like to say a few words on socialism wilton lackaye star of the play had just finished a short speech after the cur tain dropped he heard the audience shout such remarks as sit down keep that man quiet and he reappeared mr lack aye raised his hand and the audience be came quiet * mr wilshire m evening attire and sur rounded by friends then continued and said he would like to ask mr lackaye a few questions regarding socialism as that subject entered into the play in a measure this is a theater shouted one man hire a hall cried another if the audience is willing said mr lackaye you may speak sir i don't know you but you may have something of interest to say i shall put the matter to a vote will the ladies and gentlemen who wish the gentleman to speak say aye there were a few faint ayes when the nays were called for the roof nearly went off the playhouse and mr wilshire mid to resume his seat he explained later to an eiclted group ln the lobby that as the play dealt some what with socialism he desired to express his views upon it and thought it might be of interest not only to the audience but to mr lackaye rich men send gifts to bridge policeman bountiful christmas for mr gibbons rush street guardian , it was a gladsome christmas day for william r gibbons 1546 polk street the big policeman who keeps things running smoothly at the rush street bridge two of the finest turkeys m the market a dozen boxes of cigars and not a few other evidences of esteem bore to him the sea son's greetings and the cards inclosed were those of eminent citizens gibbons post is piactically the gateway to the fash ionable district north of the river 1 don't want any sort of a boulevard link harold mccormick sai^l m a recent discussion of that problem ff it will de prive us of greeting gibbons on the way to town among those who remembered gibbons yesterday were the same mr mccormick franklin macveagh r hall mccormick h c chatfield-taylor f s peabody and mark s willing time lock set wrong burglar gets 29,000 bank theft due to faulty repair work suspect watched los angeles dec 25 but for the reversing of a spring m the vault time lock a burglar could not have carried away 29,700 from the first national bank of monrovia last monday night four days before the robbery an expert locksmith from los angeles overhauled the lock he did his work faultily and left the lock out wardly m good shape but actually useless the fact that the burglar had still to open an ordinary combination lock has caused the belief that he was skilled ln the han dling of locks the man who ls suspected of the crime is being watched by detectives but there is insufficient evidence against hi-i to justify his arrest hargis jury gets case mother awaits news son who killed father gets no christmas acquittal irvine ky dec 25 mrs l hargis who has waited and watched all day m the hope that her son who killed his father would be acquitted went home to-night disappointed after deliberating for hours the jury which has been sitting m young hargis trial was sent to the hotel in structed to return to the courthouse to morrow the case was given to the jury about noon to-day if no verdict is reached by to-morrow evening the jury will be dis charged sons hunt in vain for mrs ghappell unless she is found m week they will act against father elgin dentist obdurate refuses to dispel mystery dat ing from trip to Chicago with wife one of the most remarkable mysteries tihat recent years have known has devel oped m elgin on october 1 mrs o a chappell wife of a wealthy dentist and wea-lthy m her own right disappeared elgin knows of no reason for her to disap pear voluntarily her character and posi tion m society were such as to place ber absolutely above gossip or suspicion a year ago there was trouble between her and her husband but that was settled amica.ly then came a mysterious mak ing of wills and deeding over of property by the doctor and his wife that was shortly before dr and mrs chappell boarded a train for Chicago on the morn ing of october 1 the man returned alone later m the day the woman has not been heard from since is she confined iv a sanitarium against ber will has she goue to south dakota to get a divorce has she been hurt or lost how where why did she vanish sick mother kept m suspense all these questions dr chappell has steadfastly refused to answer his wife's mother now m her eighty-sixth year is seriously ill over the mystery of her daugh ter's disappearance dr chappell declines to say one word to comfort and enlighten her a lawyer was sent to him and sent away again with harsh words and no in formation his sons came to him add begged him to tell where their mother was he refused and even went so far as to permit them to leave his home and go to live with their aunt he advertised m the newspapers of elgin announcing that his younger son rollo had displeased him by his pertin acity and that ln % the future he would not be responsible for the boy's debts the mystery has grown too big for elgin to hold and has boiled over into the city of Chicago sons hope to force matters unless we hear from mother within a week eaid ora mann chappell the elder son last night we will be convinced m our own minds that she is being de tained somewhere probably m a private sanitarium against her will we shall make every effort to find out where she is and if my father can be made to tell any thing about this strtnge case he must do so the theory that mrs chappell is m a sanitarium finds general credence m elgin where,ther domestic affairs of the chappells have been a source of gossip for a year past one woman m elgin mrs e a meeker says she knows where mrs chappell is like dr chappell however she ls not talking and refuses to throw any light on the mystery before she left home iv october mrs chappell told some of her friends that on last new year's day dr chappell called her into his office and bluntly announced that he didn't love her any more hadn't loved her for a long time past and was going to leave her son effects reconciliation mrs chappell left home and took up her residence with her sister jtfrs c h pot ter m elgin the elder son ora mann chappell coming home from the university of pennsylvania m june effected a recon ciliation between his parents a few months later came the unfortunate automobile accident m which the machine that mrs chappell was driving killed mrs marietta roe mother of assistant state's attorney roe of Chicago mrs chappell was exonerated from any blame but she was left m a highly wrought condition and went to eau claire wis to recuperate when she returned she instituted a suit for separate maintenance against her hus band this was as suddenly withdrawn and a few days later mrs chappell left home with her husband from that time no word from the missing woman has been received both sons are estranged there are talks of disagreements over property of mysterious deeds signed by mrs chappell which have not yet how ever been put on record and of other queer tangles ln the chappell household which only complicate the strange case the two sons r . the younger being rollo a student m the kentucky military institute are not on speaking terms with their fath er dr chappell has publicly advertised that owing to hollo's attitude he has with drawn his support from his son and will not be responsible for any debts that he may contract the sons are thoroughly wrought up over their mother's disappearance and proceed ings m court looking to a solution of the 2_vyste*fy are probable before many days haye passed niece of mrs potter palmer to meet king princess cantacuzene will be pre sented at court special cable to the examiner london dec 25 the princess can tacuzene mrs potter palmer's niece will he presented a f the first court reception m february mrs palmer is expected to return from her trip to america by that time and will be present on the occasion of the formal presentation of her niece to the klne and queen woman mysteriously hidden from world police break into barricaded church nine armed rebels arrested at pistol point m holy trini ty greek edifice policemen from the maxwell street sta tion headed by captain mahoney yester day morning broke down the doors of the holy trinity greek catholic church 34 johnson street and at the point of pistols arrested nine of the congregation's rebel faction ov a charge of attempting to incite a riot - the rebels after barricading them selves m the church had prevented the rev a mandelares and his followers the regulars entering the edifice to hold christmas services the priest and regu lars had been kept out by revolvers aimed at them from the windows as the police burst into the church there was a mnd scramble on the part of the rebels to escape but the policemen overpowered nine and hauled them to the station the trouble is an aftermath of what oc curred at the church last wednesday morn ing when several members of the church during a riot were injured priest denied admission shortly after 9 o'clock the rev mande lares arrived at the church and found the doors locked despite his attempts to get m he was refused admittance by the rebels who from windows of the edi fice defied the priest and ordered him to leave rev mandelares was soon joined by the regulars of the church led hy john manusos the regulars went to the maxwell street station and invoked the aid of captain mahoney the arrival of the policemen had no ef fect on the rebels who still refused to open the doors then the doors were broken down and the armed bluecoats en tered many of the rebels escaped from the church by running through rear exits and some of them escaped by leaping from the windows at the station the prisoners gave the fol lowing names steve sourapoulos said to be the leader of the rebels john dem aras john sirous james landraplos john mitres peter brikous christ elipolus peter angelas and james diejeneoplis fight of long standing the church is divided into two factions because of a dispute of long standing there are 1,500 regulars while the rebels claim a following of 700 or 800 persons last monday morning the rebels ob tained an injunction against the regulars from interfering with the affairs of the church but it was later dissolved by judge honore explosion in picture machine causes panic au escape injury m nickel theater but operator two or three hundred men and women ill max miller's nickel theater 3028 state street were thrown into a panic hist night when a grounded wire exploded the eeliulo',l film m the moving picture ma chine the fire did not last more than a minute or two and the only thing dam aged was the film hut it made a big noise and smoke in spite of the rush every body got owt uninjured except the man who was running the machine joseph frient 2520 wabash avenue whose face and hands were burned bernhardt sees czar st petersburg dec 23 sarah bernhardt who is playing here had an audience ' with emperor nicholas m tsarskoe selo to-day and received a portrait of the empress as a present johnsonwins from burns in fourteen rounds becomes first colored boxing champion of ' world by decisive triumph police stop the fight beaten man partially blinded and helpless before giant opponent at end victor wins all the way floors former pugilistic king m first session and never is m danger thecflflhpionsfllpround pourteenth roundâ€”john â– son went right after burns when time was called the cham pion backed away but johnson fol lowing him dropped burns with a heavy right to the head one two three slowly counted the referee and burns remained down until eight seconds had been tolled off when he arose johnson fiew at him like a tiger and using both hands unmercifully soon had the cham pion tottering the police then jumped into the ring and stopped the fight the referee immediately declared johnson the winner special cable to the examiner sydney n s w dec 26 jack johnson the colore heavyweight to-day gained the title to the world's championship | by beating tommy burns m fourteen | furious rtiunds the champion was Â». . outclassed from the start the chal lenger carried such a spirited fusil ' lade to hia opponent's body and head ; that he soon had burns m a sorry the canadian stood up under the most vicious kind of punishment for thirteen rounds he came out for the fourteenth game as ever but the po lice realizing that he was a beaten man mercifully ordered the referee to stop the contest hugh d mcintosh who promoted and refereed the battle unwillingly obeyed the mandate of the law and awarded the decision to johnson while burns was not knocked out johnson will be technically credited with such a victory burns could not possibly have lasted the twenty sched uled rounds great ovation for victor / perhaps never before m the history f pugilism was such an ovation tendered 1 , a new-born champion as that afforded the giant negro when the monster crowd real ized that lie had been declared the victor the countless thousands packed aronnd the ring and circus-seated stadium realized fully that they had witnessed the most novel if not the greatest feat in the his tory of the roped arena they had seen a colored man win the heavyweight cham pionship of the world a feat never before accomplished they had seen the trick turned m such fashion as left no room for doubt that the better man had won and they were just as lavish m their applause for the swarthy-skinned champion as they had been loyal to the former title r aoldcr of whiter skin cheer after cheer rent the pavilion an johnson was borne triumphant on the shoulders of his seconds to the dressing room thousands crowded around to try to grasp the oig black hand of the new ring hero burns sobs over defeat - and all the while tommy burns the beaten idol of the antipodes sobbed m his corner like a disappointed child he had not yet fully realized that his renown had vanished before the prowess of the black demon who had worn him down and beaten him into submission jsven the lion's shar of the purse of which he made sure he fore attempting conclusions with the bulky black was scant balm for the wounds of an opponent's triumph it was one of the bitterest struggles that has ever been seen m australia perhaps indeed m the world such bitterness had been engendered m the hearts of the an tagonists toward each other prior to their meeting m the ring that each was out to win m the most decisive and speedy fash ion johnson was favorably looked upor by many because of his exceptional clever ness and greater weight but burn was _. . continued en 2d page 3d column lli weather forecast jm i y|s Chicago and vicinity fair mv s saturday with slight temperature sf-'ik v t changes fresh westerly winds be t^l coming variable sunday > increas jjm jjjj ing cloudiness m it's tl)e day after cfyristrr-as and the mind will be turn ing from sentiment to business if it is your business to find work don't overlook th value of an examiner situa tion wanted ad adver tisers receive the addi tional service of the examiner employment exchange 70 washington st 115 fifth ay 776 milwaukee ay f)e little tfyiqgs coui)t m that's why fortunes are fvyjl often niade through the w examiner want ads 1.4 phone randolph 2500 m

vol vii no 5 a m saturday december 26 1908 14 pages price one cent b Â« u " r ! a ** carrier 1 1 30 centa per month beef rebates on c b & q suspected by sims ' name of road involved m grand jury investigation bf morris & co revealed only these 2 under fire all western lines and all packers were placed un der searchlight government holds books hinks road carried fresh meat as salted says darius miller nature and scope of the â€¢ i charges upon which the gov ernment is proceeding against morris & co the big stock yards packing corporation was made known esterday by darius miller first vice resident of the Chicago burlington quincy railroad it becomes apparent that after ight months of secret service investi gation of the relations between all the big packers and many of the roads running west of Chicago the sifting process has left only the morris com pany and the burlington railroad the question of an illegal combina tion of packers is not involved the government appears to suspect that the burlington paid illegal re bates to morris & c 0 said mr iller this suspicion does us a tave injustice asked to furnish records i draw this conclusion from the fact at we were asked to furnish the gov nment and did so all our records dealing ith shipments for morris from st joseph nd kansas city to Chicago and all records rebates paid to this company mean gitimate rebates such as overcharges mounts for damages leakage and break ge and delays two months ago secret service agents sited us and without letting us know he purpose of the investigation asked nd procured access to all our books othing was said until a few days ago ben we were called upon for the bills of ing m the morris shipments from nid estern points that i speak of and the re eipts for credits transferred to morris & the same sort of investigation was made to the books of the wabash the santa c and the Chicago milwaukee & st paul oads as far as i know these roads have ot been asked to lend the government ny papers so i imagine that nothing was ound there justifying grand jury inquiry cannot understand what they could have ound m our books either to show the eed of further investigation as this road as never violated to the breadth of a penny's worth the spirit or letter of the hepburn anti-rebating act question of false billing the specific suspicion is that through collusion with the railroad the pac.ing ompany has shipped large quantities of fresh meats by the carload billed as salted meats the difference m the tariffs is 15 cents the hundredweight the cost of shipping fresh meats from kansas city st joseph and omaha to Chicago is 45 cents per hundred pounds the rate on salt meats is 30 cents the difference is occasioned by the different processes of icing the prepared and fresh product the government stands on the proposi tion that if such abuse of the interstate commerce laws has been practiced it could not have existed without the guilty aid and knowledge of the railroad com pany the railroads are compelled to maintain inspectors to guard against just such vio lations the methods of billing and rout ig cars are widely different cars of fresh eats stop much more frequently for icing lie cars m which fresh meats are trans ported are constructed along lines so wide ly different from the cars used for shipping the salted cuts that the railroad men could not be deceived the authorities say investigation was widespread the government has investigated charges ef such collusion between all the packing houses and all the railroads running to and from Chicago and the main subsidiaify packing points sioux city fort worth and the cities previously mentioned thus far no ground appears to lie for presentation of evidence against any of the ottier packers nor the wabash santa fe and Chicago milwaukee & st paul rail roads all of which were subjects of in quiry it is more than two months since the se cret service men accompanied by expert mme lillian nordica heroine of fire in car mme nordiea risks life but loses turkey as private car blazes diva's christmas dinner spoiled by fire m kitchen saves jewels and furs but mourns fowl los angeles dec 25 mme nordlca's christmas turkey was reposing m its pan turning from its cadaverous pale yellow to a beautiful chalky brown the sweet potatoes the corn pones the spinach a l'anglaise were quietly simmering and madame was anticipating a christmas dinner which would be a rippling cadenza of notes to the cuisine this was all happening m madame's private car the pilgrim which was parked at the arcade depot this after noon the guests of the dinner were to be madame's sisters mrs g a walker and mrs e castillo with the personal rep resentative of madame w f chauncey of a sudden the serenity of anticipation was disturbed and then shattered there were cries of fire smoke began to pour into the drawing room the cook rushed from the kitchen the turkey cranberries sweet potatoes and pones were left to their destruction and a very pretty little conflagration and panic ensued but not with madame nordica she first thought of the turkey and tried to save it but was restrained at the danger point where the flames were knawing into the car roof and walls tien she thought of her jewels there was much excitement much hard work much courage shown by madame and her suite and when it was all over the jewels sables all and every item m the car were saved save the turkey and its accompaniments the party dined m a hotel will copy university of chicago's buildings new boston college to be modeled after local structures boston mass dec 25 the new bos ton college to be erected near the chest nut hill reservoir m newton will cost at least a million dollars and probably will be modeled after the university of Chicago which made such a favorable impression upon president thomas i gas son during his recent visit there for the harmony and uniformity of structure i hope to make the new boston col lege the representative catholic institu tion of america and i desire the same unity of idea embodied m the plan of the buildings and the land at Chicago says father gasson black hand demands 1,500 for christmas letter threatening death follows two shots through window vito lantillo 187 gault court received a black hand letter yesterday demanding 1,500 as a christmas present this letter which is the fourth he has received gives him until sunday to pay the money and threatens the lives of his family if he re fuses to pay lantillo says it is impossible for him to get the money wednesday night an unknown person fired two shots through the kitchen window while the family was away yesterday's letter read we missed you last time but the next time we will hit some one an officer has been detailed to guard the residence sugar king claus spreckels is dying end of pacific coast millionaire mo mentarily expected sax francisco dee 25 â€” claus spreckels the pacific coast sugar king and millionaire is dangerously ill and may die at any moment admiral dewey ill washington d c dec 25 george dewey admiral of the united states navy who will be seventy-one to-morrow is suffering from an indisposition at his home here which has resulted from a cold and an attack of sciatica u s marshal killed by striking miners eleven men shot when ken tucky officers attempt to serve injunction burn houses and mines troops held m readiness it federal judge's orders are not obeyed frankfort ky dec 25 deputy united states marshal mooslngall was killled and five members of his posse and six miners were seriously wounded m a riot this afternoon between the marshals and the miners at the r l steams cora pany mining camp a short distance from somerset the big hotel at steams in which the federal officers had taken refuge is burned and the mines of the company are m danger of being destroyed it is re ported that some of the cottages ln which the miners found shelter are burning the trouble started when the marshals tried to serve an injunction on thirty min ers to prevent them from interfering with a number of the employes of the mines the miuers have been ou strike at steams for some time federal judge cochran of maysville had granted an injunction to pre vent the striking miners from interfering with the other employes but they barri caded themselves when the officers ap peared with the papers troops m readiness , governor avlllson had ordered captain waddell of somerset the head of the com pany of militia m that city to hold his troops m readiness it is believed that judge cochran will demand that the united states regular troops be sent from fort thomas to see that his papers are served this is the most serious outbreak that has occurred m that section of the coun try m years it is equal if the reports are true to any raids of the night riders m the tobacco district and even worse than the raid at hopkinsvllle governor willson said that he would afford the company all the protection he could i am going to do everything i can to put down lawlessness wherever it comes up and if necessary i will send the troops down to whfttey county as soon as they can get there he said i have no mo tive whatever m this except to see that the law is obeyed the flrst information i received of the trouble was to-night when captain waddell called me up the steams mines are practically owned by a detroit syndicate 300,000 residence is gift to mrs keppel woman admired by edward vii to live near palaces london dec 25 according to the story circulated m the very smart circle of london society mrs george keppel was the recipient of a magnificent christmas present m the shape of a lease of no 2 carlton house terrace from an anonymous donor of whose identity however nobody appears to have a doubt this fortunate lady so immensely admired by king ed ward got word of her good luck only christmas eve when she was actually dis cussing plans for enlarging her portman square residence the gift represents at least 300,000 the house is near bucking ham and st james palaces as well as marlborough house hard by bryan made ade stop travel letters playwright tells londoners he was funny enough special cable to the examiner london dec 25 george ade bas be gun his tour of the world by going to the theaters nightly with orson wells of chi cago ade has not as yet visited west minster abbey and many other noteworthy places here but night before last he wit nessed a presentation of the mikado at the savoy theater he ajmired the play even if it is not as venerable as the abbey he said i am not arranging for the production of my plays m london and i shall not write anything about my trip the last time that i toured europe i wrote travel letters but bryan happened to be doing the same thing on his trip and at the same time and the americans found bis letters more amusing so i quit church of epiphany calls toledo pastor dr l mcdonough says Chicago offer is best christmas gift toledo 0 dec 25 the rev l mc donough pastor of st mark's episcopal church of thi3 city received as a christ mas present to-day a call to the church of the epiphany of Chicago to succeed the rev john henry hopkins d d dr mcÃŸfonough stated to-night that he would go to Chicago the flrst of next week to consider the change it is almost certain he will accept as he terms the call a dis tinct proipotion the rev mr mcdonough came to toledo ten years ago from canada to take charge of st mark's parish which at that time was the smallest m the city it ls now second m the city manitoba cuts phone rates fifty per cent toronto out dec jo the manitoba government has cut telephone rates 50 per cent the government owns the system wilshire tries to talk socialism at play but is silenced by crowd sit down cries the battle au dience when writer starts be tween-acts discussion new tore dec s gaylord wilshire well-known advocate of socialism and own er of wii shire's magazine startled au au dience of 1,200 persons m the savoy thea ter to-night by leaping to his feet at the end of the third act of the battle and saying ladies and gentlemen i would like to say a few words on socialism wilton lackaye star of the play had just finished a short speech after the cur tain dropped he heard the audience shout such remarks as sit down keep that man quiet and he reappeared mr lack aye raised his hand and the audience be came quiet * mr wilshire m evening attire and sur rounded by friends then continued and said he would like to ask mr lackaye a few questions regarding socialism as that subject entered into the play in a measure this is a theater shouted one man hire a hall cried another if the audience is willing said mr lackaye you may speak sir i don't know you but you may have something of interest to say i shall put the matter to a vote will the ladies and gentlemen who wish the gentleman to speak say aye there were a few faint ayes when the nays were called for the roof nearly went off the playhouse and mr wilshire mid to resume his seat he explained later to an eiclted group ln the lobby that as the play dealt some what with socialism he desired to express his views upon it and thought it might be of interest not only to the audience but to mr lackaye rich men send gifts to bridge policeman bountiful christmas for mr gibbons rush street guardian , it was a gladsome christmas day for william r gibbons 1546 polk street the big policeman who keeps things running smoothly at the rush street bridge two of the finest turkeys m the market a dozen boxes of cigars and not a few other evidences of esteem bore to him the sea son's greetings and the cards inclosed were those of eminent citizens gibbons post is piactically the gateway to the fash ionable district north of the river 1 don't want any sort of a boulevard link harold mccormick sai^l m a recent discussion of that problem ff it will de prive us of greeting gibbons on the way to town among those who remembered gibbons yesterday were the same mr mccormick franklin macveagh r hall mccormick h c chatfield-taylor f s peabody and mark s willing time lock set wrong burglar gets 29,000 bank theft due to faulty repair work suspect watched los angeles dec 25 but for the reversing of a spring m the vault time lock a burglar could not have carried away 29,700 from the first national bank of monrovia last monday night four days before the robbery an expert locksmith from los angeles overhauled the lock he did his work faultily and left the lock out wardly m good shape but actually useless the fact that the burglar had still to open an ordinary combination lock has caused the belief that he was skilled ln the han dling of locks the man who ls suspected of the crime is being watched by detectives but there is insufficient evidence against hi-i to justify his arrest hargis jury gets case mother awaits news son who killed father gets no christmas acquittal irvine ky dec 25 mrs l hargis who has waited and watched all day m the hope that her son who killed his father would be acquitted went home to-night disappointed after deliberating for hours the jury which has been sitting m young hargis trial was sent to the hotel in structed to return to the courthouse to morrow the case was given to the jury about noon to-day if no verdict is reached by to-morrow evening the jury will be dis charged sons hunt in vain for mrs ghappell unless she is found m week they will act against father elgin dentist obdurate refuses to dispel mystery dat ing from trip to Chicago with wife one of the most remarkable mysteries tihat recent years have known has devel oped m elgin on october 1 mrs o a chappell wife of a wealthy dentist and wea-lthy m her own right disappeared elgin knows of no reason for her to disap pear voluntarily her character and posi tion m society were such as to place ber absolutely above gossip or suspicion a year ago there was trouble between her and her husband but that was settled amica.ly then came a mysterious mak ing of wills and deeding over of property by the doctor and his wife that was shortly before dr and mrs chappell boarded a train for Chicago on the morn ing of october 1 the man returned alone later m the day the woman has not been heard from since is she confined iv a sanitarium against ber will has she goue to south dakota to get a divorce has she been hurt or lost how where why did she vanish sick mother kept m suspense all these questions dr chappell has steadfastly refused to answer his wife's mother now m her eighty-sixth year is seriously ill over the mystery of her daugh ter's disappearance dr chappell declines to say one word to comfort and enlighten her a lawyer was sent to him and sent away again with harsh words and no in formation his sons came to him add begged him to tell where their mother was he refused and even went so far as to permit them to leave his home and go to live with their aunt he advertised m the newspapers of elgin announcing that his younger son rollo had displeased him by his pertin acity and that ln % the future he would not be responsible for the boy's debts the mystery has grown too big for elgin to hold and has boiled over into the city of Chicago sons hope to force matters unless we hear from mother within a week eaid ora mann chappell the elder son last night we will be convinced m our own minds that she is being de tained somewhere probably m a private sanitarium against her will we shall make every effort to find out where she is and if my father can be made to tell any thing about this strtnge case he must do so the theory that mrs chappell is m a sanitarium finds general credence m elgin where,ther domestic affairs of the chappells have been a source of gossip for a year past one woman m elgin mrs e a meeker says she knows where mrs chappell is like dr chappell however she ls not talking and refuses to throw any light on the mystery before she left home iv october mrs chappell told some of her friends that on last new year's day dr chappell called her into his office and bluntly announced that he didn't love her any more hadn't loved her for a long time past and was going to leave her son effects reconciliation mrs chappell left home and took up her residence with her sister jtfrs c h pot ter m elgin the elder son ora mann chappell coming home from the university of pennsylvania m june effected a recon ciliation between his parents a few months later came the unfortunate automobile accident m which the machine that mrs chappell was driving killed mrs marietta roe mother of assistant state's attorney roe of Chicago mrs chappell was exonerated from any blame but she was left m a highly wrought condition and went to eau claire wis to recuperate when she returned she instituted a suit for separate maintenance against her hus band this was as suddenly withdrawn and a few days later mrs chappell left home with her husband from that time no word from the missing woman has been received both sons are estranged there are talks of disagreements over property of mysterious deeds signed by mrs chappell which have not yet how ever been put on record and of other queer tangles ln the chappell household which only complicate the strange case the two sons r . the younger being rollo a student m the kentucky military institute are not on speaking terms with their fath er dr chappell has publicly advertised that owing to hollo's attitude he has with drawn his support from his son and will not be responsible for any debts that he may contract the sons are thoroughly wrought up over their mother's disappearance and proceed ings m court looking to a solution of the 2_vyste*fy are probable before many days haye passed niece of mrs potter palmer to meet king princess cantacuzene will be pre sented at court special cable to the examiner london dec 25 the princess can tacuzene mrs potter palmer's niece will he presented a f the first court reception m february mrs palmer is expected to return from her trip to america by that time and will be present on the occasion of the formal presentation of her niece to the klne and queen woman mysteriously hidden from world police break into barricaded church nine armed rebels arrested at pistol point m holy trini ty greek edifice policemen from the maxwell street sta tion headed by captain mahoney yester day morning broke down the doors of the holy trinity greek catholic church 34 johnson street and at the point of pistols arrested nine of the congregation's rebel faction ov a charge of attempting to incite a riot - the rebels after barricading them selves m the church had prevented the rev a mandelares and his followers the regulars entering the edifice to hold christmas services the priest and regu lars had been kept out by revolvers aimed at them from the windows as the police burst into the church there was a mnd scramble on the part of the rebels to escape but the policemen overpowered nine and hauled them to the station the trouble is an aftermath of what oc curred at the church last wednesday morn ing when several members of the church during a riot were injured priest denied admission shortly after 9 o'clock the rev mande lares arrived at the church and found the doors locked despite his attempts to get m he was refused admittance by the rebels who from windows of the edi fice defied the priest and ordered him to leave rev mandelares was soon joined by the regulars of the church led hy john manusos the regulars went to the maxwell street station and invoked the aid of captain mahoney the arrival of the policemen had no ef fect on the rebels who still refused to open the doors then the doors were broken down and the armed bluecoats en tered many of the rebels escaped from the church by running through rear exits and some of them escaped by leaping from the windows at the station the prisoners gave the fol lowing names steve sourapoulos said to be the leader of the rebels john dem aras john sirous james landraplos john mitres peter brikous christ elipolus peter angelas and james diejeneoplis fight of long standing the church is divided into two factions because of a dispute of long standing there are 1,500 regulars while the rebels claim a following of 700 or 800 persons last monday morning the rebels ob tained an injunction against the regulars from interfering with the affairs of the church but it was later dissolved by judge honore explosion in picture machine causes panic au escape injury m nickel theater but operator two or three hundred men and women ill max miller's nickel theater 3028 state street were thrown into a panic hist night when a grounded wire exploded the eeliulo',l film m the moving picture ma chine the fire did not last more than a minute or two and the only thing dam aged was the film hut it made a big noise and smoke in spite of the rush every body got owt uninjured except the man who was running the machine joseph frient 2520 wabash avenue whose face and hands were burned bernhardt sees czar st petersburg dec 23 sarah bernhardt who is playing here had an audience ' with emperor nicholas m tsarskoe selo to-day and received a portrait of the empress as a present johnsonwins from burns in fourteen rounds becomes first colored boxing champion of ' world by decisive triumph police stop the fight beaten man partially blinded and helpless before giant opponent at end victor wins all the way floors former pugilistic king m first session and never is m danger thecflflhpionsfllpround pourteenth roundâ€”john â– son went right after burns when time was called the cham pion backed away but johnson fol lowing him dropped burns with a heavy right to the head one two three slowly counted the referee and burns remained down until eight seconds had been tolled off when he arose johnson fiew at him like a tiger and using both hands unmercifully soon had the cham pion tottering the police then jumped into the ring and stopped the fight the referee immediately declared johnson the winner special cable to the examiner sydney n s w dec 26 jack johnson the colore heavyweight to-day gained the title to the world's championship | by beating tommy burns m fourteen | furious rtiunds the champion was Â». . outclassed from the start the chal lenger carried such a spirited fusil ' lade to hia opponent's body and head ; that he soon had burns m a sorry the canadian stood up under the most vicious kind of punishment for thirteen rounds he came out for the fourteenth game as ever but the po lice realizing that he was a beaten man mercifully ordered the referee to stop the contest hugh d mcintosh who promoted and refereed the battle unwillingly obeyed the mandate of the law and awarded the decision to johnson while burns was not knocked out johnson will be technically credited with such a victory burns could not possibly have lasted the twenty sched uled rounds great ovation for victor / perhaps never before m the history f pugilism was such an ovation tendered 1 , a new-born champion as that afforded the giant negro when the monster crowd real ized that lie had been declared the victor the countless thousands packed aronnd the ring and circus-seated stadium realized fully that they had witnessed the most novel if not the greatest feat in the his tory of the roped arena they had seen a colored man win the heavyweight cham pionship of the world a feat never before accomplished they had seen the trick turned m such fashion as left no room for doubt that the better man had won and they were just as lavish m their applause for the swarthy-skinned champion as they had been loyal to the former title r aoldcr of whiter skin cheer after cheer rent the pavilion an johnson was borne triumphant on the shoulders of his seconds to the dressing room thousands crowded around to try to grasp the oig black hand of the new ring hero burns sobs over defeat - and all the while tommy burns the beaten idol of the antipodes sobbed m his corner like a disappointed child he had not yet fully realized that his renown had vanished before the prowess of the black demon who had worn him down and beaten him into submission jsven the lion's shar of the purse of which he made sure he fore attempting conclusions with the bulky black was scant balm for the wounds of an opponent's triumph it was one of the bitterest struggles that has ever been seen m australia perhaps indeed m the world such bitterness had been engendered m the hearts of the an tagonists toward each other prior to their meeting m the ring that each was out to win m the most decisive and speedy fash ion johnson was favorably looked upor by many because of his exceptional clever ness and greater weight but burn was _. . continued en 2d page 3d column lli weather forecast jm i y|s Chicago and vicinity fair mv s saturday with slight temperature sf-'ik v t changes fresh westerly winds be t^l coming variable sunday > increas jjm jjjj ing cloudiness m it's tl)e day after cfyristrr-as and the mind will be turn ing from 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